Microsoft’s Windows 11 is a detriment to hand held gaming PCs – and a contemporary SteamOS comparability highlights that

• SteamOS outperforms Windows 11 at the Lenovo Legion Go S in different video games, in step with new benchmarks
• Both fashions use the similar {hardware}, with the one distinction being the running programs
• It’s a spotlight of why hand held PC avid gamers are considering a transfer to SteamOS

Microsoft‘s Windows 11 has arguably been much less favorable for hand held gaming PC customers than possible choices, taking into account its non-portable person revel in around the board. While Valve’s SteamOS has triumphed in that division, a brand new comparability highlights a possible wider hole between the running programs.

According to Dave2D‘s (on YouTube) Lenovo Legion Go S benchmarks, the Windows 11 model has worse efficiency in different video games, in comparison to the not too long ago introduced SteamOS fashion, which has a efficiency uplift of as much as 25% (particularly in Cyberpunk 2077).

Both gadgets make the most of the similar {hardware}, with AMD‘s Ryzen Z2 Go (or Z1 Extreme, relying at the configuration), and the running machine being the one distinction. Pictured under, The Witcher 3 plays at 76fps on SteamOS, whilst it simplest manages 66fps on Windows 11 at the Legion Go S.

While Windows 11’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 wins within the comparability, it is only by means of 1fps in comparison to the SteamOS model that maintains 63fps. Other titles display a transparent and primary efficiency uplift the use of Valve’s liked running machine; it additional corroborates earlier benchmarks I’ve made the use of Bazzite (necessarily a SteamOS clone).